gorby
Nice work - just like the one at the museum (I just had to Google it as I didn't know what Air Zoo is.) 🙂

Jean Autore
Thanks ! Will post more details soon !

Skyhiker
You might want to paint some lipstick on that mouth and adjust eyes if you are replicating Sue's plane.

Villiers de Vos
A nice clean build.

Jean Autore
Thanks guys ! Yes I will give it a go, but I a bit scared of messing it up

gorby
No need to be scared about messing up Jean. If a model doesn't turn out how you want it to, use the experience to make the next model better. There aren't many members on here who feel they don't have anything else to learn about modelling.
As long as you are enjoying yourself that's all that matters.

Jean Autore
Thanks for your kind support. I'm also considering to paint (I'm brush painting) the yellow outline on the fuselage and lower wing roundels, do you have any tips on how to proceed ? Home made masking ?

Neil
Great work Jean and I agree with gorby a 100% 🙂 build looks epic! 👍

Jean Autore
Thanks Neil, I'm quite happy with it as it's only my second model 🙂

gorby
I'd advise you to be very careful using masking tape on decals, it could damage them. You might get away with it by varnishing the decals and then reduce the tackiness of the tape by sticking it on your skin a couple of times. I didn't even notice it didn't have the yellow rings, so personally I'd be tempted to forget about them.
In future if you need to do something like that I'd use a mask to paint the yellow circle first - but then you would also need to paint a white circle inside that so the yellow doesn't show though the decal. That would be a lot easier to do with an airbrush. Brush painting, the thickness of excessive coats of paint might cause a problem.

Jean Autore
Yeah, might leave this out. Thanks for the tip ! I'm thinking about getting an airbrush, seems like a very useful tool

Skyhiker
Don't use tape over the decals or you will lose them. It almost never works.

Jean Autore
Thanks for the advice Skyhiker, i will leave the roundel as it is. Just for my knowledge, if you apply a clear coat over the decal, can you safely mask it ?
By the way, i tried to paint some lipstick on the "uggly side" of the model, and it is not to bad ! I will try it on the nice side in the following days.

gorby
It would still be very risky using tape over a decal even if it has been clear coated.
Incidentally, it is possible to brush paint as well as most people air brush, it's not that easy. Augie brush paints her models and I wouldn't be able to tell that weren't air brushed.
Augie

Spanjaard
there are markers that use enamel/acrylic paints that could be used directly, but i would do some testing before using them directly in the model. masking over decals is possible, but as gorby said... there is quite a risk there. if you have some spare decals, place them in some old model, clear cote it, leave it for a couple of days and then try before you do it in this one.

Jean Autore
Painted the dolled up shark face, looks a lot better now, thanks guys ! Can call it a finished project now, going to build my B-26 now 🙂

Skyhiker
That worked out well. Congratulations.

Jean Autore
Thanks !